furthermostadj.
/ˈfəːðəməʊst/, U.S. /ˈfərðərˌmoʊst/ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > first or prior to all others
formec888
eldestc897
firstlOE
originalc1350
foremosta1400
furthermost?a1400
primary?a1425
primatea1425
primea1500
arch1574
soon1591
origin1632
utter1634
premier1652
aboriginary1653
furthest1653
fontal1656
principial1699
première1768
protological1936
first-ever1955
?a1400 Morte Arth. 3331 The forthirmaste was..The faireste of fyssnamy þat fourmede was euer.
c1400 Melayne 721 One the forthirmaste daye of Auerille.
2. Most distant or remote.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > most distant or remotest
utterestc1200
lastc1225
furthestc1374
farthest1377
lattera1382
outmosta1382
outerestc1392
uttermost1398
yondermest1513
farmost1581
hindmost1596
yondmost1608
extremea1616
farthermost1619
furthermost1765
endermost1803
ultimate1848
endmost1879
1765 S. Foote Commissary i. 17 The furthermost cushion in the window.
1786 S. Haswell Victoria I. 51 We were sitting in an arbour at the furthermost part of the garden.
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 266 He instantly sets himself to flee to the then furthermost West.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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